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Dedicated apprentice and professional writers use the information they find in Canadian Writer's Journal to acquire the edge they use on their way to publication. Many first-time writers got their start in the Canadian Writer's Journal because we are looking for terrific material, not reputation.
If you're getting serious about your writing, or are already an experienced writer looking for new ideas and markets, the Canadian Writer's Journal should definitely be coming to you..
Our indexes for past issues are available on this website to give you an idea of the kinds of articles we've done. You can order single (or sample) copies on the order form here.
For our favourite list of writing-related websites, click here to access our Writer's Links page. For information on Canadian writing contests see the Canadian Writers' Contest Calendar. Information on Canadian Book Awards are listed here. Our new website feature: Calls for Submissions are arranged by deadline date. New listings for Canadian writing-related Conferences is being developed. We're grateful for your input.
Due to post-operative illness, coupled with the sheer volume of work, the publishing schedule of the CWJ is too seriously behind to catch up. And it is too well-loved to disappear. We appreciate the heart-felt calls and letters of support.
What we have decided to do is a larger, annual how-to for Canadian writers that would be perfect-bound and more suitable for libraries. More details very soon. In addition to the new look for the CWJ website, the rules on the Short Fiction Contest have been updated on the web, and the PDF version will be revised soon as well. The contest will now be annual, with a new deadline of April 30th instead of March 30 or Sept 30th, with larger prize monies. The Choice Works collection is at the printers now. Winners from the April 30, 2009 are in the CWJ 2009 edition. Stay tuned, and thank you for your support.
How is your writing career progressing?
The Canadian Writers' Contest Calendar 2010 will list Canadian writing contests and awards for the year 2010 arranged by deadline date. If you think that you'd ever have time to write and still know where to find all this information, collect it, and organize it, call me. Anyone who says they could compile all of this on their own, has never tried to do it. For the Table of Contents for the 2010 Edition links here.
As of Nov 16, 2009, we now CAN accept MasterCard and Visa at the office, either by phone or by mail. We are still working to implement the on-line processing, but it is coming.
Just a note to say thank you for providing a Canadian contest calendar for writers. I am so glad that I have mine! The calendars may have been slow coming out this year (such is life ... things happen) but I am so glad that I persisted and that you persisted. I use my calendar regularly and, as a result of entering contests (specifically Wyn Lit and FreeFall) I will have three short stories published very soon.
With sincere appreciation, Angela Day [BC, Canada]
Great gift for the writers on your list. It's the nicest encouragement a writer can receive, aside from an acceptance letter.
It's too late to get your contest gets listed for the 2010 edition, but email us at cwcc@wmpub.ca or use the online submission form to get the details to us, and we'll try to spread the word. Send the email at any time of year; new information may be listed in the Canadian Writer's Journal Market Notes, and on the Updates page, so don't wait. Make this year your writing career takes off.
If your group has a writing contest we should be including in the 2010 edition, send the contest information through our on-line form or by email. as soon as possible.
Countdown to the next Short Fiction Contest Deadline:
Winners for the Sept 30, 2007. March 2008 and Sept 30, 2008 Contest are posted. The winners from the past few contests are being collected into a larger paperback book called Choice Works instead of single chapbooks for each contest. I will be contacting all those winners in the next little while, and try to have this available very soon.
Starting in 2009, the CWJ Short Fiction contest will be held once a year with a contest deadline of April 30th, and will be included in the new annual edition of the Canadian Writer's Journal.
New rules available online here.
(Rules also available here as a PDF download form.)
Click here for Winners for the previous contests.
Who Reads the CWJ? Information about our demographics.
Choice Works (Index to all volumes)
Click here for the complete Gill Foss interview featured in CWJ 2002 June issue
We are still looking for some of the earliest issues of the Canadian Writer's Journal Please check this Page for details concerning the issues we are missing. We have only ten more to find from the earliest days of the CWJ.
Try our Crossword online (Still in the experimental stage)
We have changed over our Mailing List to an internal system rather than through BraveNet, which has served us well for years. If you have previously signed up for the CWJ Newsletter, you will be receiving an email to confirm your willingness to stay with us. If you have tried recently, and unsuccessfully to sign up, please try again at this new link.
